[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-stealing-spree":3,"chapter-stealing-spree-stealing-spree-chapter-1022":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Stealing Spree",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1761247,2333,"Chapter 1022 Who?","stealing-spree-chapter-1022",1022,"\u003Cp>I guess after everything that happened, I’m close to becoming numb to their raised eyebrows or jealous gazes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I used to be like this before anyway. Just that, back then, only a few would even put me on their radar. Too different from how it was these days. Moreover, I would seldom be seen with another girl because of my nature to keep the girls I stole for myself. We’d either spend time somewhere deserted or in a private space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, everything flipped except for the fact that I still have that desire to make a girl mine regardless of whether they’re in a relationship or not, have someone they like or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, that’s it. As long as we took caution not to be openly intimate, everything would work out fine tomorrow. A gossip or two doesn’t matter anymore. The only thing we have to protect at the present is the truth about how complex our relationship is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A while later, after sending most of them to their stops or station platform, I was now watching the last group as they got on the bus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they settled inside, they all looked from outside their windows. Let’s not mention the others with them. They’re not important anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s Hina, Saki, Nami, Shizu, Arisa and… Izumi-senpai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their bus started to leave, each of them was looking at me with a complicated expression. No, not that complicated, it’s more of, they’re concerned about something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yep. Even the normally scowling Izumi-senpai was concerned about me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s understandable, anyway. Because she’s the one who informed me about the reason for their concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, if not for my insistence, the girls would ask me to let them stay behind and accompany me instead of leaving me alone here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nonetheless, I stood by my decision. Even if they became a little upset at me, I remained steadfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, I still had no idea what was really going to happen. But for their sake, I should approach this alone first and be cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last thing I need is for them to be marked by those who are hostile against me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah. Right, what happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier before coming to the club, I found another letter slipped inside my shoe locker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought it was another love letter. However, compared to the exquisitely-written letter of yesterday, what I found was like a hastily written note and the paper used was just a page torn from the back of a notebook. There’s even a crease on the paper and it’s not put inside an envelope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I picked it up and read its content, I first dismissed it as a prank. I even threw the paper into the trash as soon as I passed by a bin. That’s why I got to spend that time with Ishida-senpai without being distracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Behind the soccer club’s clubroom, after the practice hour.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s it. It only contained one line with neither a sender nor a reason for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s more of a command to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only idiots would follow a letter of that kind, right? One could naturally be curious, however, I had no time to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s my mindset until I went to pick up Nami and the other girls at their clubroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izumi-senpai instantly approached and asked me if I received any kind of letter. From her expression earlier, she’s possibly hoping for me to say no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for her to bring it up, I naturally remembered the piece of paper that I’d thrown and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From there, the girl pulled me outside and informed me who the sender might be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s that second-year dog of hers. I couldn’t remember his name but… I remembered how pathetic he was in front of Izumi-senpai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, I also did something as lowly as that to curry favor with a senior. But I never acted like a dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, Izumi-senpai told me not to come and just ignore it. But knowing that it’s from those troublesome students, I have to check, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just this Monday that she also informed us about the delinquents ‘moving’. If I became someone who got a target on my back within their group, I had to be aware of who was targeting me. Not just for me but the girls as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, no one was following me yet, otherwise, they would’ve found out about my close connection to a lot of girls already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so… I returned to the school grounds and made my way to the place indicated by the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t take long. Only around five minutes from the school gate, I reached the soccer field and the clubroom mentioned was a few steps away from it, along with the other clubrooms and lockers for the sports clubs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, most of those clubs were still practicing in their respective fields. They’re all going to compete in the interhigh competitions, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I even found Sakuma among the soccer club members running and picking up balls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that meant, whoever called me there was definitely not someone from that club. Izumi-senpai’s guess might be right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or so I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the small path heading to that clubroom, I inconspicuously scanned my surroundings. Apart from the shouts coming from the nearby soccer field, it’s quiet. Furthermore, I couldn’t even hear an activity behind the said clubroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Traversing the remaining distance, I arrived at the location but there was no other soul around apart from myself. From how it looked, this place might be one of their hangout spots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were plastic stools and makeshift tables there. There’s even something like a makeshift throne close to the wall of the clubroom. It’s made from one of those stools and boxes stacked together. As for its seat, there’s a comfortable-looking cushion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell are they doing here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s also weird that Sakuma isn’t aware of this place or… he’s just not telling me about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the letter said ‘after practice hours’, are they waiting for those from the soccer club to leave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have no time to wait but… I’m also a little curious as to the reason they called me here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright. There’s also the possibility that I’m just being pranked by them.” I loudly muttered before approaching the ‘throne’ and sitting on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since there’s no one else here, I took it upon myself to collect information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I scanned the surroundings for at most two minutes, checking everything I could check here, I found the place too neat for a hangout spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, there are some suspicious points. This place lacks a roof over their heads. It rained two days ago, yet, there are no traces of that as though everything was only set up today…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did they actually arrange this place just for this occasion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, to stave off my boredom, I thought of checking my phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was at this moment that I finally heard approaching footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foregoing what I planned, I rested my back on the comfortable backrest of the ‘throne’ and waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging from the direction I was hearing it, I turned my head to the left and waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step. Step. Step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the volume of those steps gradually grew, I noticed that… it’s not coming from a guy. The clear clicking of heels on the ground was reminiscent of heels. Not the crisp sound of high heels but just a moderate one that’s commonly used by girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, whoever was coming… she’s alone…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, the person appeared from my sight. As though she was expecting where I would be, the eyes of the newcomer instantly fell on me. Her lips instantly stretched to either side of her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clapping her hand once, she said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perfect. You came as expected.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking in the appearance of the girl, one question rose to my mind, “Who?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1314,"2026-06-08T09:43:28.529Z",1,"novelbin.me","d8ac0b84b664936821369aba4e131997c706a338ac9e419d2a9216f70a2bf7d2","stealing-spree-chapter-1023","stealing-spree-chapter-1021",2873,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstealing-spree-cover.jpg"]